rharrison

That is how I think about it. I like to think about it moving naturally at the point where you would be almost impinged if it didn't move. But that being said I don't know what I am talking about either :P

I have been super busy with work the last month or so and haven't been able to get a swing video done at all. I have been able to run a lot of drills though. I have been doing lots of the preset drills and working on getting a full rotation and swinging down hard with the arms (I have also been working on keeping a connected feeling between my trail arm and my body). I can definitely see a huge difference. I hit the ball consistently straight to a push draw, I will get the odd fade or slice when I take a poor swing (2 or 3 times a round). This is definitely the best I have ever hit the ball. I shot a 79(+9) the other day on a fairly easy course, and my scores have been hovering around 81 otherwise. I get down from work in a few weeks and hopefully can get a couple of videos in before the golf season is over here.

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I have never seen a driving range like that before, the little tee mechanism is so cool!

That is a ton of golf in one day. Playing well on holes 19-27 is pretty impressive.

Jumping in on this, I am working on the same slow arm problem. How would you describe the feel of having faster arms?

Plan for the week. More preset drill working on weight forward but with faster hands and arms. Lots of practise backswings with more rotation while maintaining steady head and not letting the hips slide back As well I will be adding these stretches and excersizes to my normal routine for a little more upper torso rotation. http://www.bodybuilding.com/exercises/detail/view/name/torso-rotation I'll post some new videos in a few days and hopefully there is so improvement.

Also it looks like the pro on the right has his shoulders more turned then I do. I thought you wanted them to be pretty close to parallel to the target line at impact. Is that not true? Should I be swing my shoulders and torso faster or just getting the arms further ahead/faster/more infront of my body?

Okay that is the drill I have been doing. I will keep that up but work on getting the arms going faster and more rotation on the back swing.

How much further should my weight be? I feel like I am finishing with 80+ percent of it on my front foot, is it just getting there too late? What do you mean by speeding up my arms? I never had an issue with not rotating enough before, I think with the amount of short swings I have taken practising I have gotten into the habit of under rotating so that shouldn't be too hard to straighten out. Thanks a ton for the info!

Hmm does it matter if my back heel is raising up like that? or is that an indication of something going wrong.

This is looking a little better I think Still not as good as the guy on the right, guess they aren't going to pay me to play yet.

Finally some new video. All I was concentrating on was getting my weight forward and striking ahead of the ball. It felt like I was throwing it way forward but in the video it doesn't seem all that extreme. Shout out to AbsoluteTruth for the ball and string idea.

Been stuck up north at my job and haven't been able to get my hands on a working camera (resolution on the laptop was also way to low). I have been doing lots of work on the preset drill, I feel like I am getting better and sliding my hips forward while still getting good rotation. Hopefully I can get somebody to record my swing this evening and I will post it too see if there is any noticeable difference.

Looking awesome man! Gives a guy hope!

Played a round yesterday and shot a 41 (+6, including a birdie, 4 pars, 3 bogeys and a +4 on a hole where I tried to hit a driver over water twice off the tee box "Tin Cup" style) and 47 (+11) on the back. Did a pretty good job of getting my weight forward and hitting on the far side of the ball. Hit a few awesome long iron shots and a lot of low pull fades, even hit a few straight draws. When I didn't get my weight forward (happened a lot more as I got tired) I would go back to the high straight fade that I would hit before. I think I would have shot a little better on the back 9 but the round took close to 5 hours (there was a group of old ladies ahead of us slowing everything down, brutal for a Thursday afternoon). My short game was really good, especially on the front 9. My driver was brutal though, hitting a nasty pull slice that would start out 10 yards left of my target and swing all the way across fairways into trees on the right (this is probably my biggest issue right now, I can't hit the driver straight to save my life). I am back up north at work starting today, but I bought a hitting pad and some practice balls to keep working on things. I am still waiting on my brother to upload the recording of my swings from our range session on Tuesday. Hopefully I will get my hands on a camera soon but for now am going to try my webcam. I have also decided that once I figure out what I am going to use for a camera I will be signing up for eVolver as well.

As well today I really concentrated on not allowing my hips to drift back and to keep my weight centered in the back swing. It felt like that helped a lot, so much easier to get my weight forward when I don't have that little sway.

Just got back from the range used the majority of my bucket hitting from the preset position and then moving to slow half swings concentrating on getting my weight forward and creating a divot in the right spot. Things were going pretty well so I decided to hit some full shots with my last ~15 balls. MY GOD, felt like I was hitting the ball way better and like things were starting to sink in. Absolutely clobbered a few 7 and 5 iron shots that were either dead straight or straight with a little draw on them. It felt like my weight was coming forward well and I was putting my divot in a nice spot (divot started almost right under the ball and extended out about 2-3 inches.) Balls had nice high trajectories, it was great. Then I tried to hit three balls with my driver and it was right back to the old dirty slice. Oh well baby steps, super pumped about the progress. I wasn't able to get any video today, but hopefully my brother sends me the videos from yesterday soon and I can post them up.

So these swings are actually from the 11th. I have a few videos coming from yesterday, just waiting on my little brother to upload them. I definitely notice some sway right away and I still don't think I am quite as far forward as I should be. Hopefully I can get the videos from yesterday soon and maybe will start to notice a difference. Back to the range today for more of the preset drill! Edit: looks like the second video is hanging while trying to upload. If I get back and it still isn't up I will resubmit it.

I did the preset drill at the range yesterday, lots of slow practice swings and really concentrated on getting a divot in the right spot. All would go well with the practice swings but as soon as I stepped up to the ball I would do the same drill and manage to hit behind it. It is getting better but definitely very frustrating, seems like it should be so easy to put a little half swing with next to no lower body movement exactly where I want too! Anyways I have a video of a full swing to post at some point today and if I get back to the range I will try to get some video of me doing the drill to make sure I am doing it right.

Awesome. I was actually doing that yesterday for the majority of my balls, just trying to get a feel for where that position is supposed to be. I will keep pounding out that drill to I am feeling more comfortable. I should be able to get some video today so hopefully there is some progress!

Also it was 98 today (I live in canada I am not used to that!) and it was torture, pretty proud of my patients when it came to doing the slow swings in the heat.

Went to the range did a ton of half swings working on getting the weight forward and making a divot behind the ball. Hit all the balls as half swings and it felt like I was hitting on the far side of teh ball with the hands ahead. I didn't have my little brother there to record but hopefully he will be at my next session and following that I can get a tripod for the camera. Damage will be done the draw will be mine!

You are definitely right, going to work today on lots of slow swings and getting my hands in front of the ball with my weight forward.

Yeah I had read both of those threads a few times while lurking around these forums while I was up north. I can definitely feel things changing at a more steady pace when I work on them slowly. Are there any other drills you would suggest to help get my weight forward. I found that I was having to shift my weight further forward in my set up (maybe 70/30) in order to get where I wanted through my swing. When I set up like I usually do (more 60/40) it felt like my weight was always a little behind my hands and never really got to where it was supposed to be.